Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 62
Alfonso de Carlo was a man who only made promises he could keep. It was simply his nature. Yet today, against his will, he found himself in a position where he had to break his promise to meet Ariadne at the masquerade ball.
“What? The Grand Duchess of Valois is coming to the San Carlo masquerade ball?”
In person? From the Kingdom of Galico all the way to Etruria?
A visit by foreign royalty was an unprecedented and extraordinary event.
Alfonso was having lunch with Leo III and Queen Marguerite in the King’s reception room.
By court protocol, the royal couple was supposed to dine together every Saturday, but Leo III rarely adhered to this rule, so sharing lunch with both his parents was quite rare indeed.
In response to Prince Alfonso’s question, Queen Marguerite nodded.
“All of Etruria’s major feast-day celebrations and their vigils are renowned, aren’t they? Among them, the masquerade ball on the Feast of Saint Michael—apparently the Grand Duchess is eager to attend it herself. Isn’t this a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?”
It was an effort to ensure their distant cousin wouldn’t be found wanting in any way. Still, despite his wife’s thoughtful care, Leo III chuckled heartily and replied,
“So eager is the Grand Duchess to marry into the Etruscan royal family that she’s practically burning with desire—your reputation must have crossed borders, Alfonso!”
In truth, the Kingdom of Galico had sent the bride herself after marriage negotiations regarding her dowry and bride-price stalled, hoping she might win favor from the Etruscan side.
The Etruscans, however, suspected this was merely a lazy rehash of an old plan—originally devised when the beautiful Suzanne, elder sister of Grand Duchess Larisa, had been the prospective bride. Whether Larisa herself could achieve the same effect remained uncertain.
Alfonso felt uneasy with Leo III’s choice of words, describing a foreign princess as “burning with desire.” She was, after all, a collateral branch of a royal house—a cherished daughter from another noble family.
Yet even Queen Marguerite, who loathed Leo III down to the very last strand of his hair, said nothing about this remark—because it was, after all, praise lavished upon her own son.
As Alfonso felt a flicker of doubt about his parents’ attitudes, Queen Marguerite gently instructed him.
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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I’m still curious of what Alphonso meant by the last chapter
I’m still curious of what Alphonso meant by the last chapter
So Alphonso is misunderstanding now?